North State League to Resume Play in Lexington May 10
The North Baseball league of eight teams led by Judge Manly Liewellyan will begin the 1945 season May 10 with games set across Lexington Thomaville Hickory Statesville Concord Landis Mooresville and Salisbury. The 112 game schedule runs until September 1 with afternoon and night doubleheaders and only two July 4 date exceptions as Tommies shift to a league club under Brooklyn ownership. Ed Mitchell continues as business manager with club president Fincher Finch.
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Edward V. Mitchell Iter
North Baseball League
Manly Liewellyanville
Lexington
Landis Ry
Mooresville
Concord
Statesville
Hickory
Landis Mooresville
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Ners Triumph in Playoff to Claim Neighborhood Title
The team won their second playoff game to clinch the neighborhood basketball championship defeating Mechanicsville 48 to 44. Rant scored 18 points to lead the winners while Miller poured in 22 for Mechanicsville. At halftime Highland led ille 21 to 12. S. Hartley.
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Mechanicsville
Miller
Highland
S. Hartley
Boxing Roundup From Various Cities Reports Knockouts and Decisions
A cobbled list from multiple rings reports boxers such as Ike Williams Freddie Dawson Ernie Petrone George Sugar Williams Alman Sammy Mammone Pedro Firpo Jeff Holloway Earl Lowman Jimmie Palmer Saint Paul Mario Torroes Freddie Tiger Ossie Har fl Marino Tommy Mol o and Joe Gannon earning knockouts outpoints across Philadelphia Chicago New Haven Detroit Boston and Pittsburgh. A casualty report from Dalles Oregon notes Sgt Vic Clark wounded by shotgun pellets during a pheasant hunt ending his 31 months of service.
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Elphia
Ike Williams
N.J
Dorsey Lay
Philadelphia
Freddy Dawson
Chicago
T.K.O
Ernie Petrone
Lphia
Jake Lamotta
New
George “Sugar
Cincinnati
Joey la
New York
Alton
W York
the Cocoa Kid
Louis Wick
New Haven
Alman Williams
Eeparea
Mexico City
Sammy Mammone
Ford
Bton
Pedro Firpo
Camden
Larry Bolvin
Willie Calhoun
Jeff Holloway
Wark
N. J
Freddie Schott
Fon
Earl Lowman
Detroit
Jimmie Palmer
T.K.O. Mansfield Driskill
Lyoke
Mass
Saint Paul
Berlie Lanier
Sphia
Mario Torroes
Freddie Tiger
Hartford
Conn
Tsburgh
Ossie
Bulldog
Harfl
Pittsburgh
Dalles
Ore
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Clark
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North State Schedule of May to July Baseball Games
A dense timetable lists numerous intercity games among Thomasville Lexington Hickory Statesville Salisbury Concord Landis Mooresville across May to August. Each line records a matchup by date and city pair, reflecting a busy regional schedule with repeated home and away pairings.
Navy Pre-Flight Nine schedule features 22 games through May
The Navy Pre-Flight school baseball team announced a 22 game slate starting March 31 at Annapolis and running through May, including 13 tilts against college teams and nine against North Carolina service outfits. Key dates list Naval Academy, NC State, Duke, Catawba, Cherry Point Marines, Camp Lejeune, and Duke visits, with home and away games noted. Separately, Durham reports a second infantile paralysis case this week with Bennet Hayes, 14, at Duke Hospital.
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Chapel Hill
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Navy
Comdr
Burton A. Ingversen
University of North Carolina
Duke
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Naval Academy
Raleigh
Camp Butner
Duram
N.C. State
Catawba
Cherry Point Marines
Ft. Bragg 2Nd FA
Fort Bragg
Duke VI
ORD Techs Hawks
Greensboro
Depaul Clinches National Invitation Title in 71 54 Victory
Depaul Demons from Chicago finally broke their New York jinx by crushing Bowling Green 71 to 54 in the national invitation final at Madison Square Garden before 18 166. George Mikan led with 34 points as Don Otten and Don Whitehead contributed for Bowling Green.
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Ted Meier
New York
Depaul
Demons
Chicago
Ray Meyer
Windy City
Bowling Green
Madison Square Garden
St. John’s
Georgetown
George Mikan and Company
Big George
Whiteye Kadians
Mikan
Don Otten
Ohioans
Don Whitehead
B.G
Meyer
New York University
Oklahoma Aggies
NCAA
Bob Kurland
Aggies
Violets
Sports Roundup from New York Plugs Into Fast-Paced Play
In a basketball writers meeting officials urged speed and penalized stalling with quick substitutions and fewer out of bounds delays. NYU star Howard Cann outgenerated Ole Olsen of Ohio State by fresh substitutions. also notes on exhibition at Bainbridge Naval Center and other baseball and coaching tidbits.
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New York
Basketball Writers
Elwood Gieges
Dave Walsh
Stoly
NYU
Howard Cann
Ohio State
Ole Olsen
Ole
Giants
Bainbridge Naval Training Center
Frank Mediamolle
Bill Stewart
Bill
North Carolina Contractors to Meet on Termination Claims
About 1000 North Carolina war contractors will attend meetings starting April 6 in Asheville to receive instructions on filing contract termination claims. The report also recalls Canadian ocean shipping dates tied to early Newfoundland and Maritime Provinces fishermen.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Asheville
Newfoundland
Maritime Provinces
Myril Hoag Bolsters Cleveland Club After Army Return
Veterans star Myril Hoag strengthens the Cleveland Indians after his army air force discharge. The 36 year old, once with the Yankees and White Sox, claims center field spot in spring workouts, flanked by Pat Seerey and Paul O'Dea. Hoag batted .295 in 67 games last season and recalls a 1937 .301 campaign.
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Jerry Liska Lafayette
Ind
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland Indians
Tribe
Myrila
Hoag
New York Yankees
Army Air Force
Pat Seerey
Paul O'Dea
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Jimmy Dykes
Cleveland
Indians
Yankees
Sacramento
Joe McCarthy
Maulers
Newark
Myril
Joe DiMaggio
Geo. Selkirk
Yanks
New York Giants
Tommy Henrich
Browns
Army
Rip Sewell Blooper Pitch Echoes Old Time Baseball
Chattanooga March 27 Rip Sewell's Blooper pitch is not new to Clark Griffith owner of the Washington club and famed old fox of baseball He recalled to newsmen that he used a similar nothing ball a half century ago He’d toss it and batters would pop it up angering them but he kept pitching it and they kept cussing him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Rip Sewell
Clark Griffith
Washington Wo
U. S. Shipyards Show Production Lead Over England
New York dispatch notes American shipyards can build six new merchant ships in six weeks, equalling a year's English output. England concentrates on naval work and repairs, while the U S benefits from more yards and streamlined methods. Despite U boat losses, experts forecast England ending the war with about 13.5 million gross tons of merchant shipping, four million less than in 1939.
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New York
INS
England
America
Exhibition Baseball Scores And Schedule
Scores include Washington A 12 over Boston N 5 New York N 9 over Bainbridge Navy 0 Curtis Bay Coast Guard 19 Philadelphia A 8. Today’s schedule lists St Louis 8 vs Toledo AA at Cape Girardeau Missouri Baltimore Curtis Bay Coast Guard Boston N at Baltimore Washington A at College Park MA.
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Associated Press
Washington
Boston
New York
Bainbridge Navy
Curtis Bay Coast Guard
Philadelphian
St. Louis
Toledo
Cape Girardeau
Baltimore
College Park
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